i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

bob wrote:
i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

Steel, never wood for skimming, in fact, in 30 years of being in the
building trade, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put anything on with a
wooden trowel - a wooden darby is sometimes used to flatten off render, but
never finishing plaster, and certainly never to apply plaster.

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

On Feb 25, 9:48*pm, "Phil L" wrote:
bob wrote:
i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

Steel, never wood for skimming, in fact, in 30 years of being in the
building trade, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put anything on with a
wooden trowel - a wooden darby is sometimes used to flatten off render, but
never finishing plaster, and certainly never to apply plaster.

wood gets used for lime plaster


NT

NT wrote:
On Feb 25, 9:48 pm, "Phil L" wrote:
bob wrote:
i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

Steel, never wood for skimming, in fact, in 30 years of being in the
building trade, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put anything on
with a wooden trowel - a wooden darby is sometimes used to flatten
off render, but never finishing plaster, and certainly never to
apply plaster.

wood gets used for lime plaster

I've never seen anyone use lime plaster, I've hacked masses of it off, but
it usually gets replaced with render if it's for a chemical DPC, and
drylined or a gypsum-based backing plaster if it's not.


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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

"Phil L" wrote in message
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bob wrote:
i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

Steel, never wood for skimming, in fact, in 30 years of being in the
building trade, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put anything on with a
wooden trowel - a wooden darby is sometimes used to flatten off render,
but never finishing plaster, and certainly never to apply plaster.

These days I don't think they make the wood ones much.
I have a yellow fibreglass (I think) float which looks a bit like a wood
one.
It is used for finishing render.

David WE Roberts wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in message
om...
bob wrote:
i was told that when using board finish first coat is best applied
with a wooden float and second skim coat with a steel to apply and
polish,is this correct?

Steel, never wood for skimming, in fact, in 30 years of being in the
building trade, I don't think I've ever seen anyone put anything on
with a wooden trowel - a wooden darby is sometimes used to flatten
off render, but never finishing plaster, and certainly never to
apply plaster.

These days I don't think they make the wood ones much.
I have a yellow fibreglass (I think) float which looks a bit like a
wood one.
It is used for finishing render.

Yep, I have one of those - it's not used for applying render but for rubbing
it up when almost set

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Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008